# Vodafone Swindon Data Centre. Eternit Pictura fibre-cement cladding. Swindon, Wiltshire SN5.

> Supply and installation of Eternit Pictura fibre-cement cladding for Richardsons (Nyewood) Ltd at Vodafone's Swindon data centre, completed in 2015.
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The team behind Dmitro Development supplied and installed Eternit Pictura fibre-cement cladding for main contractor Richardsons (Nyewood) Ltd at Vodafone's Swindon data centre, completed in 2015.

![Close view of graduated grey Eternit Pictura fibre-cement cladding panels rising to the corner of a building at Vodafone's Swindon data centre, blue sky behind](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/vodafone-swindon-data-centre-cladding/vodafone-swindon-data-centre-cladding-graduated-grey-eternit-pictura-fibre-cement-fallback.jpg)

01 · Eternit Pictura fibre-cement panels graduating from pale grey to near-black at the building's leading corner.

Eternit Pictura fibre-cement cladding at the leading corner of a building at Vodafone's Swindon data centre, Windmill Hill Business Park, Swindon. The team behind Dmitro Development supplied and installed the 8mm panels for main contractor Richardsons (Nyewood) Ltd, completed in 2015. The panel grid graduates from pale grey and white through mid-grey to near-black, part of a wider colour-stepped design across the elevation.

## At a glance

- **Package**: Eternit Pictura fibre-cement cladding
- **Main contractor**: Richardsons (Nyewood) Ltd
- **Location**: Windmill Hill Business Park, Swindon
- **Completed**: 2015

The team behind Dmitro Development delivered a fibre-cement cladding package for main contractor Richardsons (Nyewood) Ltd on a building at Vodafone's Swindon data centre, Windmill Hill Business Park, Swindon, completed in 2015.

[Part of: Industrial and commercial cladding packages across the UK](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/facade-cladding/)

## 02 · The colour-graduated elevation, panels stepping from pale grey through blue-grey and green.

![Wide view of a building at Vodafone's Swindon data centre clad in graduated blue-grey, green and pale Eternit Pictura fibre-cement panels, with an orange door and security fencing in front](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/vodafone-swindon-data-centre-cladding/vodafone-swindon-data-centre-cladding-wide-building-clad-graduated-blue-grey-fallback.jpg)

A full elevation of Eternit Pictura fibre-cement cladding at Vodafone's Swindon data centre, Windmill Hill Business Park, Swindon. The 1200 x 800mm nominal panels step between pale grey, blue-grey and green tones, with a contrasting orange door set into the facade. The team behind Dmitro Development installed the cladding for main contractor Richardsons (Nyewood) Ltd, completed in 2015.

## 03 · The same building from its opposite corner, the panel grid continuing around two orange doors.

![Building at Vodafone's Swindon data centre seen from its opposite corner, graduated blue-grey and green Eternit Pictura cladding panels around two orange doors, a bare tree in the foreground](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/vodafone-swindon-data-centre-cladding/vodafone-swindon-data-centre-cladding-building-opposite-corner-graduated-blue-grey-fallback.jpg)

The opposite corner of the same building at Vodafone's Swindon data centre, its Eternit Pictura fibre-cement cladding continuing the graduated blue-grey, green and pale panel grid around two orange doors. The team behind Dmitro Development installed the panels for main contractor Richardsons (Nyewood) Ltd, completed in 2015.

The cladding package

## A graduated grid of Eternit Pictura fibre cement.

The team behind Dmitro Development supplied and installed 8mm Eternit Pictura fibre-cement cladding panels for main contractor Richardsons (Nyewood) Ltd at Vodafone's Swindon data centre, Windmill Hill Business Park, Swindon. The building was designed by The Ratcliff Partnership.

The facade is set out in nominal 1200 x 800mm panels. Dark grey panels form the base of the elevation, graduating through mid-grey, light-grey and white towards the roofline, with blue and green feature panels breaking the grid and contrasting orange doors set into the facade.

The package was completed in 2015, giving the building a distinct identity within the wider business park.

## 04 · Every panel individually set, from near-black to white.

Dark, mid-tone and pale Eternit Pictura panels step across the elevation in a fixed 1200 x 800mm grid, giving the building its own identity within Windmill Hill Business Park.

![Close view of dark grey and near-black Eternit Pictura fibre-cement cladding panels at another corner of a building at Vodafone's Swindon data centre, graduating toward pale panels above](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/vodafone-swindon-data-centre-cladding/vodafone-swindon-data-centre-cladding-dark-grey-near-black-eternit-pictura-fallback.jpg)

Eternit Pictura fibre-cement cladding at another corner of the same building at Vodafone's Swindon data centre, the panel grid graduating from near-black at the base to pale grey and white above. The team behind Dmitro Development installed the 8mm panels for main contractor Richardsons (Nyewood) Ltd, completed in 2015.

## Vodafone Swindon, clad by the team.

Windmill Hill Business Park, Swindon, Wiltshire

- **Architect**: The Ratcliff Partnership
- **Client and main contractor**: Richardsons (Nyewood) Ltd
- **Site operator**: Vodafone Ltd

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